On last night’s episode of ‘The Colbert Report’, Stephen Colbert reported on a five-year old boy with a natural talent for news broadcasting, who has “already established the word ‘apparently’ as his catch-phrase.” During the segment, Colbert highlighted a similar verbal tick noticeable in Sean Hannity’s reporting from Israel: his repeated use of the word ‘literally’, noting that it “is the sort of senseless repetition that marks a real news legend like Sean Hannity.”
Sean Hannity talked to TVNewser about taking his show to Israel for the week, and had a few choice words for Stephen Colbert in response to his segment poking fun at that particular aspect of his coverage from Israel.
TVNewser: I don’t know if you saw it, but Stephen Colbert had some fun with your liberal use of the word “literally” during your coverage. How do you handle that when the late night comics dissect your performance?
Hannity: Look Stephen Colbert … I understand that people have their job to do. First of all, he’s not as funny as Jon Stewart. Stephen Colbert will have the lowest-rated late night show. There are issues that just aren’t funny. Terrorism isn’t funny. I didn’t see the bit. I won’t see it. I don’t care.
Maybe Stephen Colbert needs to come over here and get a dose of reality. He sits in the comfort of his studio, reading jokes written for him by 30 writers. So, I have a challenge for Stephen Colbert: I’ll pay for your flight. I’ll pay for your hotel, your meals. Then you sit on the border. You talk to the people. You sit across from the mother of an Israeli solider who was killed, and then make a joke about it.
Hannity: Stephen Colbert Needs to ‘Get a Dose of Reality’
On last night’s episode of ‘The Colbert Report’, Stephen Colbert reported on a five-year old boy with a natural talent for news broadcasting, who has “already established the word ‘apparently’ as his catch-phrase.” During the segment, Colbert highlighted a similar verbal tick noticeable in Sean Hannity’s reporting from Israel: his repeated use of the word ‘literally’, noting that it “is the sort of senseless repetition that marks a real news legend like Sean Hannity.”
Sean Hannity talked to TVNewser about taking his show to Israel for the week, and had a few choice words for Stephen Colbert in response to his segment poking fun at that particular aspect of his coverage from Israel.